Businessman Robert Gumede’s legal team plans to serve a summons on the Sunday Independent soon, his lawyers said on his behalf on Saturday. “[The legal team] are quantifying the damage to his reputation and the irreparable losses suffered by his companies which operate globally as a result of the defamatory article, which damages
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Tian Olivier has been appointed SABC’s new acting CEO and James Aguma has taken up the reins of acting chief financial officer, the national broadcaster said on Friday. “Mr Olivier and Mr Aguma’s appointments are based on their extensive knowledge and a proven track record as senior managers currently at the SABC,” spokesman
The Sunday Independent is standing by its article about a multimillion-rand tender which has led to a threat of a R1bn defamation lawsuit. “I stand by the story and by my reporter, who was thorough and meticulous in researching and sourcing the story, and was equally careful in his writing
Sanral collected R250m from electronic tolling in Gauteng in the first three months of implementation, it said on Wednesday. “An amount of R250,8m has been received as at 28 February 2014,” the roads agency’s chief financial officer, Inge Mulder, said. “Sanral wishes to thank
No court action has been taken against non-paying e-toll motorists so far, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance said on Monday. “They have not summonsed anyone yet, otherwise we would know about it,” spokesman John Clarke said. “They ought to be doing that as they have had enough time since December
An application to declare the e-tolling legislation unconstitutional and invalid was dismissed by the Western Cape high court on Thursday. “The application is dismissed. The parties shall bear their own costs,” Judge Owen Rogers said. He said the Democratic Alliance, which
The ANC has welcomed a judgment dismissing an application challenging the constitutionality of e-tolling legislation. “The ANC welcomes today’s ruling by the Western Cape high court to reject the Democratic Alliance’s latest challenge of the Sanral Act and National
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa is launching an inquiry into the state of competition in the information and technology sector, it said on Thursday. “The authority has powers under the Icasa Act to conduct an inquiry into a range of different issues
Johannesburg was the most active Twitter city in Africa in the last three months of 2013, according to a new study called How Africa Tweets. Johannesburg had 344 215 geo-located tweets, followed by Ekurhuleni with 264 172 and the Egyptian capital Cairo with 227 509, communications agency Portland said
More than half of the ANC’s current MPs, including disgraced former communications minister Dina Pule, are on the party’s list of parliamentary candidates. Pule who was recalled from her position last year after the public protector’s report into allegations of corruption and a potential conflict of interest against